Uzbek is a Turkic language with about 16.5 million speakers mainly in Uzbekistan. but also in Australia, China, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), Turkmenistan, Ukraine and the USA.
An early form of Uzbek, known as Chagatai (one of the sons of Genghis Khan) and written with the Arabic script, emerged as a literary language in the 14th century. A version of the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic script in 1927, and was in turn replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940. Recently, moves have been made to reintroduce the Latin alphabet.
Барча одамлар эрҝин, қадр-қиммат ва ҳуқуқларда танг бўлиб туғиладилар. Улар ақл ва виждон соҳибидирлар ва бир-бирларига биродарларча муомала қилишлари зарур.
Barcha odamlar erkin, qadr-qimmat va huquqlarda tang bo'lib tug'iladilar. Ular aql va vijdon sohibidirlar va bir-birlariga birodarlarcha muomala qilishlari zarur.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Tower of Babel in Uzbek | Useful phrases in Uzbek
Information about the Uzbek language
http://www.oxuscom.com/250words.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbek_language
Online Uzbek lessons
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Uzbek_language
http://home.unilang.org/wiki3/index.php/Uzbek_lessons
Uzbekcha Gapiramiz - Speaking Uzbek (Uzbek phrasebook)
http://www.sambuh.com/?l=en&prm;=o&id;=7
Online Uzbek dictionaries
http://www.ismanov.com
http://uzbek.firespeaker.org
http://www.turkbirlik.gen.tr/
Online Uzbek radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/uzbek/
http://www.ozodlik.org
Learn Turkic languages - Turkish, Turkmen and Uzbek
http://www.xs4all.nl/~iamback/turkic/
Altay, Äynu, Azerbaijani, Balkar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazak, Khakas, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Nanai, Nogai, Old Turkic, Salar, Shor, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut
Other languages written with the Arabic, Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.
